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1.3. WILLIAMS.

CIGAR WRAPPBR CUTTING MAGHINE.

Patented Apr.A 29, 1884,

' heretofore shown in my said patent.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. WILLIAMS, on NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-'WRAPPl-:R-CUTTlNG MACHINE.

l SPECIFICATO forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,897, datedApril 29, 1884.

' Application filed August 18, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN R. WILLIAMs, av citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Wrapper-Cutting Machines, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention consists in certain improvements in the cigar-wrapper cutter patented to me Octoberv23, 1883, as No. 287,073, and relates to certain means for regulating and ad-- justing the pressure of the roller upon the cutter. Ihese improvements are .shown as applied to a machine having a different means for producing the exhaust than the rotary fan With such a construction the operator is unable to use the machine unless provided with steam or other power to operate the fan, and the different construction shown herein was devised to furnish a machine in which the operator can ,produce the required exhaust by the use of his feet and with the least possible effort. In the construction illustrated herein I have shown a machine provided with two treadles arranged to operate separately,` two exhaustbellows secured beneath the work-bench upon which the cutting devices are l0cated,and connect both the bellows with suitable checkvalves to an exhaust-reservoir in which the suction is maintained uniformly. My claims in the present application are, however, re-

structed with such an exhaust apparatus, oneVIV of the bellows 'and the exhaust-reservoir being shown in vertical section on line me in Fig. 4.

Fig. 2 is a partial front elevation of the ma-f" chine, certain parts being shown in section on line y y in' Fig. 1, and certain parts, as the cutter, pressing-roller, and bar t, carrying the belt-rolls w, being thus eliminated from the view, to expose the parts more fully. Fig. 3

is a plan of the work-bench and parts above it, the legs B and board X being shown in dotted lines beneath, as well as the gate-lever d and its connecting-cord c. Fig. 4 is a plan of the bellows and exhaust-reservoir, one of the bellows being shown in the act of opening, as indicated by the arrow o, and the other in the act of closing,as per arrow u, the samel relative positions being indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the axis of the pressing-roller, a part of the arm D being also shown in section; and Fig. Gis a transverse section of one of the pressing-roll ers and its arbor.

Ais the work-table; B, the legs for the same, to which are fastened a bar, t, and a board, X, the former carrying rolls w, over which pass belts from the treadles to the bellows,and Ithe latter supporting the bellows and reservoir.

G is the cutter, provided internally with a perforated platen, C', Fig. 3.

D is an arm, pivoted at D and arranged to carry a pressing-roller, R, beneath its front end.

E is a pipe leading from the interior of the cutter to the gate F, and G is a pipe leading from the gate tothe reservoir I.

The valve of the gate is indicated at a, and its lever or crank at b, the latter being connected by a cord, c, to a lever, d, pivoted beneath the table or bench A within reach of the operators knee as he sits before the bench with his feet upon the treadles II. The cord c runs over a pulley, f, and the gate-valve is constructed with a spring, (not shown,) so as to close automatically.- The treadles H H are hinged to a; foptfboard, H, upon which the front legsare placed, and belts or straps g are carried over the pulleys yor rolls w from th c .fo'rward ends of the treadles to the tops of the bellows, so as to expand the bellows when 'the treadles are depressed, and thus draw the air from the reservoir I.

The bellows consist of plates J, hinged at their lower edges to the upright board X, and =of leather sides and top secured in the usual manner, and are provided with outlets e for discharging the air, and inlets e', leading from the reservoir, both ducts being provided with suitable valves, Z Z', by which the movement of IOOy the bellows exhausts the air from the reservoir. ln Fig. l the valvel is shown open and the valve Z closed in the bellows represented in section, while the valves or iiaps are shown in the opposite positions in the bellows seen in the rear. By working the bellows alternately the air may be removed with regularity from the reservoir, which consists of a rectangular chamber with collapsible leather sides and a weight, L, or spring to keep it expanded. In Fig. l the weight L is represented as afiixed to the movable bottom of the reservoir, which bottom is elevated by pneumatic pressure when the air within is exhausted, by-the bellows. When thus exhausted, the weight operates to draw air into the gate whenever the latter is opened, and the operator thus secures an instantaneous suction upon the per forated platen by pressing the gate-lever d at his pleasure.

The bellows-plates J are provided with springs J to close them, but maybe mounted horizontally and closed by means of weights.

The means l have devised for regulating the pressure ofthe presscrroller R upon the edge of the cutter G consist in an adjustable guideroll, 71, secured to the arm D in rear ot' the roller R, and in a special construction of the roller bearings and mountings. The guideroll Iz. is pivoted in the lower end ot' a screwshank, i, which is passed through the arm D vertically and secured therein by liam-nuts h, and a curved guide or rail, M, is secured upon the top oi" the workbench in rear ofthe cutter to sustain the roll It and arm D at a fixed level. The presser-roller is thus sustained at a suitable height to ride upon the edges of the cutter when the arm is swung to and fro, and may be adjusted in any desired degree by setting the jam-nuts L. The roller Rl is adapted to press elastically upon the cutter by means of a loose fit upon thc arbor R', as shown in Figs. 5 and G, and is pressed toward the cutter by spring-rollers m, which are mounted in sliding carriers n, iitted in slots o in the arm D, or in the bracket D2, secured to it to carry the roller, R. The carriers are formed with stems s, which project through the arm D, above the roller R, and are provided with and to etiectually operate on the leaf as it lies on the cutting-edges, the divided part-s yielding to any inequalities in the surface of the cutter, which a solid roller `could not do.

It is obvious that the roller R may be fitted differently to obtain the vertical movement and desired result.

The spring-rollers m may be carried and moved differently or replaced entirely by flat spring-pressers.

I do not claim the combination of a roller and inverted cutter as my own invention, as I am aware that the same has been secured by Letters Patent heretofore granted to R. Appleby, April 8,1873, No. 137,524; nor doIelaim inthe present application the subject-matter of my application No. 84,667, filed February 10,1883, but

lVhat I do claim isd l. The combination, with the cutter C and arm D, carrying a compound presser-roller, R, oi an adjustable guide-roll, h, attached to the arm and fitted to a rail or guide, substan* tially as and ior the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the carrying-arm l), ofthe compound presser-roller R, having its parts arranged to rise and fall independently, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the arm D and the compound roller R, itted to rise and fall, as described, of the elastic pressers applied to the upper side of the roller, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J N O. R. VILLIAMS.

W'itiicsses:

C. C. HERRICK, Tiros. S. CRANE. 

